Wire and copper

[poverty stricken II]

When do you guys pull copper and wire? I didn't have a copper rig fire until the late summer. I am going to get wire for this year, had good luck with that when fishing with Redneck this year. Any one got a good source for the wire, the only wire that is sold around me is single strand. wondering what is my best bet to get.. Thanks in advance for the info

[danjr]

This is the wire I have been using for three years now. Excellent!

P/N: 3458T11

Type 302 Stainless Steel Wire Rope 1 X 7 Strand, 1/64" Dia, 40# Break Strength

In stock

Quantity Per Ft.

1-99 Ft. $0.05

100-299 0.04

300 or more 0.03

http://www.mcmaster.com/

[nyforests]

I just got my order from McMaster's great service!

[Erbyjoe]

I use the 30 lb mason 7 strand line but I know alot of guys use the 40 lb from Mcmaster's and see no difference is fish/catch ratio When I need to replace the wire I got now I will go with the 40 lb.

[poverty stricken II]

Thanks for the info will be going to Mcmaster's.. Do you guy's run it all year or late summer.. I was fishing with Redneck and he didn't buy it until Aug. Fired our first trip out.

[danjr]

I run it all year from spring to fall harbor patrol. I also use it with slide divers. It is one rod that is a must to have in the water. Mostly ran flasher flies and it accounted 75% of my fish last year.

Take Care,

[nyforests]

For those new to wire dipseys; If you are going to run a slider, add 60 - 100' of mono as your leader, otherwise your wire will kink.

[poverty stricken II]

That's what we did was run on the slide diver, loved the ease of release of the diver. thanks for the info, this will be a new addition to the arsonal.. we didn't catch that many on the flie's most of our fish came of the riggers. we ran spoons, and cut bait off the wire and that did good for us.

[danjr]

NYforests,

Good Point! I run about 50ft of mono off the wire for slide divers. I attach the mono to the wire with a 80# spro power swivel. This swivel will go right through the guides and into the reel. I only use this set up when the fish are not aggressive. It also works well for staging kings. Sometimes they like to hit if it's off to the side a ways and back from the dipsy.

It's a bit of a pain to set but once you get used to it gets easiser. Just watch out for breaks on the mono and make sure before you clip the mono in the SD you let out at least 5ft of mono for a buffer. This acts as a "snubber" so to speak. I have learned from some expensive experiences that those hits can be visous. :shock:

Good fishing!